William John BATTLEY and Annie BATTLEY (nee Young)

Below is part of an email from Marie Foster
(her GGG-grandfather William was the brother
of John Battley b 1845 who was the father of
William John Battley (focus below and in the
picture above)) - Thanks Marie.
We are in the process of validating this
information. I have begun adding
collaboration from some records inserted into
the note below, also Ernest Valentine has
been collaborated as a brother (by my mother
who remembers him, and remembers the name
being 'teas able' - if that is
the right word and also of Beatrice) . -
Bruce

That's very interesting as on the
1881 census John is listed as widowed. At
the time of the census William J is just
1.

I had a look at your website and there
is a slight family resemblance between
William and my father (could be
coincidence, but spooky all the same!).
William would have been the cousin of my
great-great-grandfather, Robert. I'm
going to see if I can verify the link but
all the signs point to my John Battley and
William's father being the same
person.

If you need any help on the
'Home' information then let me
know. I might be able to chase it up for
you as I'm in the UK ?

So, what do you want to know about the
Battley's?!

A condensed version is probably suitable
for now and then I can give you more
information at a later stage. William
Battley m Mary Ready 1832 in Mendlesham,
Suffolk. They had 6 children. George 1833
Eliza 1836 Charlotte 1838 William 1840 (my
ggg-grandfather) Robert 1842 John 1845
(your gg-grandfather, I think)

This is the part where I need validation
as I'm going from bits and pieces found
on the net... John m Mary Ann Smith abt
1863. They had 5 children, as you know.
Ernest Valentine m Beatrice Mary Ellis in
1894 and they had 2 children in Ipswich,
Suffolk before moving to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. They had 2 more children
but I don't know if they were born in
UK or Canada.

I have dates for all the above if you
need them and also details of children etc.
Robert and Laura had a daughter, Roberta b
1891 d 1920. Unsure if they had any more
children. Roberta m Godfrey Foster. They
had 2 girls, Phyllis b 1914 d 2001 and
Edith Lilian (my grandmother) b 1916 d
2000.

Ernest Valentine
BATTLEY born 14 Feb 1872 in Ipswich,
Suffolk, England, died 10 Aug 1948
(Aug/14/1948 according to the Cemetery
records) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
(St. Vital Cemetery buried Aug 17/1948)The
1901 census has them living in 21 Old
Foundry Road Ipswich, and has his
occupation as Boot and Shoe Warehouseman.
Ernest is 29 in the census, Beatrice is 29,
and daughter Olive is 3.

William John BATTLEY
born 1880. died February 9, 1947, buried in
the Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg on February
10, 1947. Wm. J. Battley is listed (in
advertisements) as a Licensed Auctioneer in
Manitoba
Morning Free Press issue Saturday July 8,
1905. (Page 2) He is part of an
Auctioneers and Valuers of FLAHERTY &
BATTLEY on 228 Alexander Avenue. They
auctioned Real Estate and estates (furniture)

Annie YOUNG who was born 25 Oct 1878
Lac Seul Ontario, died March 21, 1909, 239
Marion St. in Winnipeg, d/o John YOUNG and
Magna THOMPSON (more
on YOUNG) From the March 22nd, 1909
edition of the Manitoba Free Press
"Mrs Annie Battley, wife of W. J.
Battley, died early yesterday morning after
an illness extending over the past nine
months. Deceased who was 28 years of
age, and a native of Ontario, leaves a
husband, and three small children.
The funeral will take place from the family
residence 239 Marion street, Norwood, to
Elmwood Cemetery to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock." - a note that she
died of "Phthisis Pulmonalis"
(Chronic Tuberculosis)

They had the following children:

Ernest John BATTLEY born 7 Nov 1902 in
York county, Ontario - no date of death -
does not show in later notes as around. -
work in progress.